Jazz On The Move: A 100th Birthday Tribute To Thelonious Monk By Bruce Dudley at Frist Center For The Visual Arts

The Nashville Jazz Workshop, in collaboration with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, announces the 11th season of the popular jazz performance and education series, Jazz on the Move. Each installment features a lecture and performance highlighting a major figure or period in jazz history. Presented by Nashville’s top jazz artist/educators, the series offers audiences world class music as well as an opportunity to learn more about jazz. The series begins Sunday, January 22 at 3:00 pm, and features a 100th birthday tribute to the great pianist and composer Thelonious Monk.

This year's series is presented with support from Caterpillar Financial Services and Peter & Anne Neff....

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The Nashville Jazz Workshop, in collaboration with the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, announces the 11th season of the popular jazz performance and education series, Jazz on the Move. Each installment features a lecture and performance highlighting a major figure or period in jazz history. Presented by Nashville’s top jazz artist/educators, the series offers audiences world class music as well as an opportunity to learn more about jazz. The series begins Sunday, January 22 at 3:00 pm, and features a 100th birthday tribute to the great pianist and composer Thelonious Monk.

This year's series is presented with support from Caterpillar Financial Services and Peter & Anne Neff.

Thelonious Monk was one of the most creative and original composers and pianists in the history of jazz. He is the second most-recorded (after Duke Ellington) of all jazz composers. Many of Monk's compositions are jazz classics, including "Round Midnight," "Straight No Chaser," "Blue Monk," and "Well You Needn't." Monk was among the founders of Bebop in the 1940's, and was active through the 1960's and 70's until his death in 1982. His unorthodox piano and compositional style is instantly recognizable, and has not been duplicated. 2017 is the 100th anniversary of Monk's birth, and we pay tribute to him with a presentation and performance by virtuoso pianist and educator Bruce Dudley, joined by saxophonist Don Aliquo, bassist Roger Spencer, and drummer Marcus Finnie.

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